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December 23, 2020 Former pilots of regional airline LIAT have renewed their calls for severance payments and other outstanding money’s due to them to be paid. Saying that nine months had passed since hundreds of workers had been laid off by the airline which has gone into administration, president of the Leeward Islands Airline Association (LIALPA), Patterson Thompson, said he believes it is high time his members receive whatever money they are owed. In a press release issued on Tuesday, Thompson said members were struggling financially. His comments have come three weeks after he...

December 21, 2020 PAHO/WHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries (ECC) said thank you to media recently, for their coverage of the COVID-19 vaccine. During a cocktail reception hosted for media houses, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kenneth George, Permeant Secretary in the Ministry of Health Janet Phillips, PAHO/WHO Representative for Barbados and the ECC Dr. Yitades Gebre and PAHO/WHO Advisors, gathered to salute the media. The PAHO/WHO Representative also pledged continued collaboration with the media. “We will continue to work with our invited guests here to reach...

Barbados Today December 22, 2020 SOURCE: CNN — Two passengers aboard a Delta flight bound for Atlanta opened a cabin door and activated the slide to exit the plane while it was taxiing to a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Monday morning, Delta spokesman Morgan Durrant told CNN. The New York Times reported that a large service dog also deplaned with them. After they exited the plane, the aircraft returned to the gate and deplaned customers normally, Durrant said. He said the airline was able to accommodate the remaining passengers on alternate flights. “Maintenance tech...

Red Advertising wins awards for breast cancer work Article by December 22, 2020 The Angels have smiled on Red Advertising this Christmas with the leading Barbados-based agency copping a major Gold Angel Award for its breast cancer-related work, among a total of three Gold and six Silver Awards won in the 2020 American Advertising Federation Angel Awards. Red was recognized with a special Gold Award for its body of work on breast cancer awareness across multiple clients, with two additional Gold Awards for its work on the Sagicor Breast Cancer Awareness campaign. Emerging...

Man charged with rape Article by December 22, 2020 A 27-year-old conductor charged with three counts of sexual intercourse with a child was remanded to HMP Dodds over the weekend. Jamar Akeem Nathaniel Powlett, of Block 2A, Bottom Close, Wildey, St Michael is accused of committing the act on the 13-year-old girl, on August 16, November 2 and November 16. He could not plead to the indictable charges when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes on Saturday and the prosecutor objected to his bail on several counts. He was remanded until January 15 to reappear in the Di...